Since it's a reconciliation bill, is this likely to make it past the "Byrd bath"? It's looped in with a $500M AI modernization fund but my simplified understanding is that items not related to budget can be challenged and removed. Couldn't find reference to this in any of a few news articles.
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If anyone here has only worked in the EU and wants to see what the US layoff process is supposed to be on a good day, just watch the movie Margin Call and the scene where Eric Dale is called into the office by HR to be fired.
There's a scene where they put a folder in front of him with a brightly-coloured sailboat on the cover labelled "LOOKING AHEAD." It's exactly as grim as it sounds.
also, the pacing of:
"I hope, considering your [pause to check personnel file] over nineteen years of service to the firm you will understand that these measures are in no way a reflection of the firm's feelings towards your performance or your character"
The bulletproof truck that can’t withstand a baseball toss
The amphibious vehicle that traps its passengers inside to die
The self driving car with the awareness of wile-e-coyote
This is the dictionary definition of film-flam. All yours for a low $100,000
At the unveiling it was promised to start at $39,900, just under $50k in today's dollars.
Yes, that was for a base model that wasn't produced, but we are a long way from the promised stats on the upper trim. Promised to be under $70k, or about $87k in today's dollars (nope), 500+ mi range (nope, 300), payload 3500lbs (nope, 2500), tow rating 14000 (nope, 11000). By 2021 (nope).
It does come close on two of the promised stats: 0-60 in under 3 seconds and top speed just under the promised 130. I'd much rather have it be good at being a truck than being a massive hunk of pointy steel that can be thrown around with that much torque.
The link title might be misleading if you're not familiar with the process. The justice department (and iiuc Google as well) gets to propose remedies, but it's up to the court what actually happens.
yes, the headline is getting ahead of things without the context of the trial. It is not correct -- at least not yet -- that Google "will have to break up its business." This is a DOJ filing for the remedies trial happening this month and/or next. Also correct that Google gets to propose its own remedies.
https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/public-policy/googl...
Judge Mehta has suggested he'll issue a verdict by August. Then either side can appeal. There is still a lot of legal road ahead.
Wildly speculating, I'm curious if the current Supreme Court would want to set precedent around the interpretation of antitrust law w.r.t. the consumer welfare standard, and whether there's anything in this judgement that would let them do so.
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Oh ye of little faith, why wait for cybercab when the model 3 was driving NY to LA driveway to driveway in 2018. Waymo died years ago
possible context... summoning from NY to LA around January 2018 was a real promise by Musk.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/686279251293777920
edit: removed talk of downvotes, just providing the tweet.
BXlnt2EachOther commented on · Posted by u/knxnts
Ars says "people familiar with the matter told Bloomberg that top antitrust officials are planning to ask the court..."
they do some investigation further down but I thought this amount of telephone was amusing for a memo that is rumored to come out later today.
BXlnt2EachOther commented on Future Music magazine is closing after 32 years musictech.com/news/indust... · Posted by u/austinallegro
others too
> Sources have also informed MusicTech that Future will be closing Computer Music, Total Guitar, Guitar Techniques and Guitar Player magazines.
Maybe if they paid their users more, so they didn't also have to add 'sponsor segments' inside their video's it would make more sense. The bundling music for the same price is the same crap cable and phone companies have been doing for decades, that most people hate. Let me buy just youtube without ads, and keep spotify.
But as it sits right now, $14/month for video's without youtube ads, but still with ads added by the creators themselves (or paid promotion, I guess) is pretty expensive, compared to $17/month for actual movies with no ads at all.